RFK Jr. Won. Now What?
America’s health is in the hands of an anti-vaccine conspiracist.
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Ting Shen / Bloomberg / Getty What Happens When Bird Flu Gets Worse?
Most of Trump’s health picks are uninterested in using most of the tools that can limit the spread of infectious disease.
Ronaldo Silva / NurPhoto / Getty The Doctor Who Let RFK Jr. Through
The opposition folds.
Alex Wroblewski / AFP / Getty If RFK Jr. Loses
The “Make America Healthy Again” movement doesn’t hinge on his confirmation.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Mario Tama / Getty; Taek-sang Jeong / Getty. This Is About More Than RFK Jr.
A day for pseudoscience in Congress
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty. America Just Kinda, Sorta Banned Cigarettes
A new rule by the FDA could change smoking as we know it.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Public Health Can’t Stop Making the Same Nutrition Mistake
Telling Americans what food is healthy doesn’t mean they will listen.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Eekhoff Picture Lab / Getty. You Are Drinking the Wrong Eggnog
Coquito has all of the holiday spirit—and none of the salmonella.
R. Dias / Getty RFK Jr.’s Testosterone Regimen Is Almost Reasonable
But the would-be health secretary has shown more interest in pressing iron than pressing the science forward.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Sources: Roy Rochlin / Getty; csa-archive / Getty Murder Is an Awful Answer for Health-Care Anger
Online endorsement of the killing of a slain insurance CEO is evidence of a terrible coarsening in society.
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Bryan R. Smith / AFP / Getty; Stephen Maturen / Getty; Tara Moore / Getty.
